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The Wrong Trousers **** (1993, voice of Peter Sallis) – Classic Movie Review 5566

Co-writer/ director Nick Park’s amusing, clever, and appealing 1993 Oscar-winning animated short film is the second of his four Academy Award winners, following Creature Comforts (1989). Peter Sallis again voices Wallace, who is used by […]

Jun, 09

Crooks in Cloisters *** (1963, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins) – Classic Movie Review 5386

The endearingly daft 1963 film Crooks in Cloisters is a happy reminder of the pleasantly simpler days of British comedy when characters were called Bikini (Barbara Windsor of course), Squirts (Bernard Cribbins) and Specs (Davy […]

May, 02

Going in Style **** (1979, George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg) – Classic Movie Review 5269

The 20something Martin Brest directs eminent seniors George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg as three bored golden oldies living on the dole, Joe, All and Willie, who plan and carry out a Queens, New York, […]

Apr, 08

Gideon of Scotland Yard [Gideon’s Day] ***½ (1958, Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Anna Lee, Andrew Ray, Anna Massey, Frank Lawton, John Loder, Cyril Cusack, Derek Bond) – Classic Movie Review 5152

Producer-director John Ford’s engrossing and compelling 1958 British thriller Gideon of Scotland Yard [Gideon’s Day] stars an ideally cast Jack Hawkins as harassed plain-clothes police inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who is having quite […]

Mar, 13

Carpool ** (1996, Tom Arnold, Rod Steiger, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Kim Coates) – Classic Movie Review 5097

Director Arthur Hiller’s 1996 comedy stars Tom Arnold as a bumbling bank robber who takes a mini-van full of schoolkids hostage, driving them through downtown Seattle. Rod Steiger, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Kim Coates, Rachel […]

Mar, 04

The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse **** (1938, Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 5069

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1938 black comedy gangster movie is based on the play by Barré Lyndon and stars Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins and Donald Crisp. Robinson enjoys himself greatly in […]

Feb, 26

Robbery **** (1967, Stanley Baker, James Booth, Frank Finlay, Joanna Pettet, Barry Foster) – Classic Movie Review 5,066

The tremendous 1967 British crime movie Robbery stars Stanley Baker as a tough guy who leads a gang of crooks in a great train robbery on the Glasgow to London overnight mail train. Director Peter […]

Feb, 26

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